false 0001211583 0001211583 2024-12-20 2024-12-20 iso4217:USD xbrli:shares iso4217:USD xbrli:shares

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 8-K

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 20, 2024

 

FENNEC PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

001-32295

(Commission File Number)

 

British Columbia, Canada   20-0442384

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

PO Box 13628, 68 TW Alexander Drive,

Research Triangle Park, NC

 

 

27709

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (919) 636-4530

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Act:

 

Title of each class Trading symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which 
registered
Common shares, no par value FENC Nasdaq Capital Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On December 20, 2024, Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc. issued a press release announcing that Norgine Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a leading European specialist pharmaceutical company, has received positive final draft guidance from National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommending PEDMARQSIÒ for the prevention of cisplatin-induced hearing loss in patients (aged 1 month to 17 years) with localized, non-metastatic, solid tumors. A copy of that press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the news release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The information contained in this Item 8.01, as well as Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.  

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No. Description
   
Exhibit 99.1 Press Release dated December 20, 2024
Exhibit 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document)

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    FENNEC PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
     
Date: December 20, 2024 By: /s/ Robert Andrade
   

  Robert Andrade

  Chief Financial Officer